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MEPs are divided over whether they should invite Mr Barosso for questioning in the European Parliament's temporary CIA committee (Photo: European Commission)

MEPs disagree on need to quiz Barroso on CIA row

MEPs have called for the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, to appear before the European Parliament's temporary committee to face questions about CIA rendition flights on Portuguese territory during his time as the country's prime minister.

Member of the committee, Italian socialist MEP Giovanni Claudio Fava told Corriere Della Sera that Mr Barroso should appear, while his German colleague Wolfgang Kreissl-Dorfler said "we would very much like to question Mr Bar...

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